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Examining the mediating role of teachers’ self-efficacy on realistic mathematics education: A structural equation modeling approach

Ernest Frimpong Akosah 1 * ,
Arthur Dissou Yarhands 2,
Benjamin Adu Obeng 2
1 Peki College of Education, GHANA2 Department of Mathematics Education, AAMUSTED, GHANA* Corresponding Author
Educational Point, 1(2), 2024, e107
Publication date: Sep 02, 2024
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This study aimed to examine how teachers’ self-efficacy mediates the relationship between realistic mathematics education and learners’ mathematics achievement, which involved 396 junior high school math teachers and a sample of 7621 students. The study employed a quantitative approach with a correlational cross-sectional descriptive survey design. The questionnaires were developed with consideration for the three main constructs that the study identified. The structural equation model was used to analyze the questionnaires. The findings demonstrated that the application of realistic mathematics teaching methods directly improves students’ mathematical achievement. Once more, students’ achievement in mathematics is directly positively impacted by teachers’ self-efficacy. Ultimately, there was a positive and statistically significant mediation effect of teacher self-efficacy on the relationship between learners’ mathematical achievement results and realistic mathematics education.

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mathematics achievement realistic mathematics education teacher self-efficacy

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Akosah, E. F., Yarhands, A. D., & Obeng, B. A. (2024). Examining the mediating role of teachers’ self-efficacy on realistic mathematics education: A structural equation modeling approach. Educational Point, 1(2), e107.
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Akosah, E. F., Yarhands, A. D., and Obeng, B. A. (2024). Examining the mediating role of teachers’ self-efficacy on realistic mathematics education: A structural equation modeling approach. Educational Point, 1(2), e107.
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Akosah EF, Yarhands AD, Obeng BA. Examining the mediating role of teachers’ self-efficacy on realistic mathematics education: A structural equation modeling approach. Educational Point. 2024;1(2):e107.
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Akosah EF, Yarhands AD, Obeng BA. Examining the mediating role of teachers’ self-efficacy on realistic mathematics education: A structural equation modeling approach. Educational Point. 2024;1(2), e107.
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Akosah, Ernest Frimpong, Arthur Dissou Yarhands, and Benjamin Adu Obeng. "Examining the mediating role of teachers’ self-efficacy on realistic mathematics education: A structural equation modeling approach". Educational Point 2024 1 no. 2 (2024): e107.
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Akosah, Ernest Frimpong et al. "Examining the mediating role of teachers’ self-efficacy on realistic mathematics education: A structural equation modeling approach". Educational Point, vol. 1, no. 2, 2024, e107.

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